purpled
SayPUR-puhldUS/ˈpɝ.pl̩d/UK/ˈpɜː.pl̩d/
- 1Simple past tense and past participle of purple.
Bruises purpled across his shin after the tackle.
The eastern ridge had purpled by the time we reached the campsite.
Note
One spelling does the work of both past forms, as with most regular verbs: the silent final e of purple simply takes -d. Because purple can be intransitive, the perfect needs no object (the ridge had purpled by dusk). Only the transitive uses, dyeing or clothing in purple, also allow a passive, as in a cloth purpled with dye or a king purpled in state robes.
purpled is a form of purple
purple, verb: To become purple, or to make something purple by dyeing or covering it in purple. Full entry
- Spelling
- purple → purpled: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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